New Universe
The New Universe is a comic book imprint from Marvel Comics that was published in its original incarnation from 1986—1989. It was created by Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Eliot R. Brown, John Morelli, Mark Gruenwald, Tom DeFalco and edited by Michael Higgins.
In 1986, in honor of Marvel Comics’ 25th anniversary, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter launched the New Universe line of comics. Shooter’s vision of a suitable twenty-fifth celebration of the launch of the Fantastic Four was to go back to the roots of the works of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. This was to be a distinctly separate world, fully divorced from the mainstream continuity of the Marvel Universe, consisting of its own continuing characters and stories in a more realistic setting.
There would be no aliens, hidden races, gods, mythological beings, magic or supertechnology. Superhuman characters and powers would be limited and thus more subdued in their activities, yet their actions would have more realistic consequences. This served to act in direct contrast to the traditional Marvel Universe, which always purported to take place in a mirror of the real world where public knowledge of superheroes, supervillains and their activities had little effect on normal "day-to-day" business.
(All Information From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Universe)
D.P. 7 (32 issues, one annual)
created by Mark Gruenwald (greatly missed professional)
Justice (32 issues)
created by Archie Goodwin, my favourite character in the new re-imagined New Universal by Warren Ellis
Kickers, Inc. (12 issues)
created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz
Mark Hazzard: Merc (12 issues, one annual)
created by Archie Goodwin
Nightmask (12 issues)
created by Archie Goodwin
Psi-Force (32 issues, one annual)
created by Archie Goodwin
Spitfire and the Troubleshooters (13 Issues)
created by Eliot R. Brown and John Morelli. Renamed Codename: Spitfire from issue #10
Star Brand (19 issues, one annual)
created by Jim Shooter
New Universe - Second Era
The Pitt (1 Issue) The Draft (1 Issue) The War (4 Issues)
In an effort to save the line, then Editor-In-Chief Tom DeFalco and Editor Howard Mackie ended up removing some of the more fantastic elements from it and in a few cases doing radical revamps.
The writers allowed for major catastrophic events which could not have occurred in the Marvel Universe - such as the sudden obliteration of the city of Pittsburgh (the Black Event) in The Pitt (one-shot), and the war with South Africa in The Draft (one-shot) and The War (four-issue limited series)
The 20th Anniversary of the New Universe
In 2006, Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada and Editor Mark Paniccia set in motion events to celebrate Marvel Comics’ 20th Anniversary of the New Universe.
Untold Tales
In late February and early March, Marvel launched the Untold Tales of the New Universe, a five week comic event that takes place in a pre-Pitt timeframe in the original continuity. These were released as a lead-in to Warren Ellis’ forthcoming ongoing title, newuniversal, which would re-introduce The New Universe Saga to the world.
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